CBD, originally meaning "where business converges", is the main area for commercial activities in a city.
However, with the development of the city, the content of CBD has been continuously enriched. It has become the economic development center of a city. It is generally located in the city center and highly concentrates the city's economy, technology and culture.
Since it is the core of the city, it must have multiple functions such as finance, trade, services, exhibitions, consulting, etc., and be equipped with a complete transportation and communication system.
Famous CBDs in the world include Manhattan in New York, the City of London, Shinjuku in Tokyo, Central in Hong Kong, etc.
As someone who aspires to build a world-class city, Jiang Cheng must also set his sights high and benchmark against the above-mentioned CBD. Therefore, Jiang Cheng is very cautious about the development of Laputa City.
The CBD of a city can be regarded as a symbol of the city. The above-mentioned CBDs are all successful examples and have many aspects worth learning from.
Of course, if many of the ideas are simply copied and pasted mechanically, they will inevitably become clichés.
The natural scenery of Emerald Island is unique and it has abundant natural resources. Therefore, the construction of CBD must be in harmony with the natural environment here.
Building the CBD of Laputa City in this direction will surely establish the unique style of Emerald Island and allow it to occupy a place among the world's famous CBDs.
In addition, the most striking thing about Emerald Island is its pristine natural scenery. Therefore, the construction of the city must also be able to integrate with nature and the environment.
After some thought, Jiang Cheng has roughly determined the development direction of Laputa, that is, while ensuring the scientific and reasonable development of the city, it must be green and natural, and all buildings and facilities must be able to blend with nature.
Jiang Cheng knew that Singapore, the world-famous garden city, was worthy of praise.
Singapore is made up of 64 islands. The entire city is covered with green, with lush grass and flowers, clean and beautiful. There are trees on both sides of the road, and small gardens and lawns everywhere on the streets. The flowers are fragrant and the grass is green, and the air is fresh. It is recognized by the world as a "Garden City Country".
In terms of natural landscape and island scenery, Emerald Island is more than enough to beat Singapore, so the positioning of Emerald Island must be higher than Singapore.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng suddenly had an idea in his mind.
A garden city alone is obviously not enough for the Emerald Island, which has even better natural scenery. Now that I have the system in my hands, I will build a unique forest city!
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help himself and quickly called up the Island Tycoon system. Combining the planning scheme provided by the system with the geographical conditions of Laputa City, he began precise and meticulous planning.
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Three days later, in the sea view villa in Baisha Bay, Jiang Cheng let out a cry of joy. After three days of careful planning, a decent forest city model was finally born.
In this new city planning map, Jiang Cheng added many green elements, covering all aspects of urban construction. At the same time, he selected a group of typical green buildings to decorate the entire city, so that they will become the green symbol of the entire Laputa city in the future.
This plan also involves the division of urban areas, including the division of commercial areas, living areas, and tourist areas, as well as the construction of roads, shipping, subway networks, airports, and ports. In short, it is very comprehensive.
Of course, the scale of investment in the construction of Laputa City is definitely much larger than that of the Dream Paradise Resort. It can even be said that the two are completely on two different levels.
Firstly, in terms of area, Laputa City is much larger than Dream Paradise Resort, almost five times larger. Secondly, Laputa City’s functional positioning is more complete, and it is a real city.
Therefore, Jiang Cheng was mentally prepared when he started building Laputa City, and the quotation provided by the system also confirmed this.
The total investment for the initial development of Laputa City will be more than 5 billion US dollars!
This accounts for almost more than half of Jiang Cheng’s remaining funds!
However, Jiang Cheng did not feel bad, because according to the agreement he reached with the more than 100 companies, the amount of funds involved was far more than the billions of dollars.
Moreover, as long as Laputa City is built, there will be no need to worry about subsequent development funds. Seeing the future of Emerald Island, those capital tycoons will continue to invest funds here. In this regard, Jiang Cheng has no need to worry about subsequent funding issues.
Because the first shot of Emerald Island has been successfully launched, now is the best time to continue to follow up and work hard for large-scale development.
The construction plan of Laputa City is divided into three phases.
The first stage is the stage of urban infrastructure construction, which mainly includes airports, ports, roads, bridges, power facilities, energy facilities, etc.
The second stage is the construction of the city’s business district, which mainly includes the construction of skyscrapers, commercial buildings, large shopping malls and other buildings.
Finally, the construction of living and leisure areas with supporting facilities is centered on the business district.
It can be said that such a complete set of planning maps is well integrated with the natural conditions of Laputa City. Moreover, Jiang Cheng has fully considered the possibility of future expansion and left large tracts of blank land around the city for secondary development as needed for subsequent urban development.
After completing these necessary preliminary preparations, Jiang Cheng did not hesitate any longer and directly opened the system interface and called up the three-dimensional holographic projection of Laputa City.
Laputa City is located on the northeast coast of Emerald Island, bordering the Volcano Park Resort in the north and the inland city of Gonza.
In addition, this is also the estuary of the Yunpan River, the second largest river in Emerald Island, which flows directly into the Blue Moon Bay, with beautiful and magnificent scenery.
Jiang Cheng's gaze quickly focused on the mouth of the Yunpan River.
There is a vast alluvial plain here with flat terrain and a wide view. Not only can you get a glimpse of the entire Blue Moon Bay, but there is also a winding and endless narrow coastline nearby, which is extremely beautiful.
The moment he saw this place, Jiang Cheng had an idea. He thought that there might be no place in the entire Emerald Island more suitable for building a CBD than here.
In the following time, Jiang Cheng kept moving his fingers and started planning work in the urban area of Laputa City, constantly correcting the already drawn up planning map with the terrain here.
Finally, after watching the entire three-dimensional holographic projection of Laputa City, Jiang Cheng was already confident and couldn't wait to start this major construction project.
(End of this chapter)